Universität Wien

123251 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) British/Irish/New English & American/North American Studies (2017W)

Reading Nature - Environmental Imaginaries in Anglophone Literatures

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

We will start our first session on October 12th at 8.15. Depending on the needs of a majority of students, this might shift to either 8.00 or 8.30 for the rest of the semester.

  • Donnerstag 12.10. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 19.10. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 09.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 16.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 23.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 30.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 07.12. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 14.12. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 11.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 18.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 25.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Oscar Wilde argued that “Nature is no great mother who has borne us. She is our creation. It is in our brain that she quickens to life. Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that have influenced us.”

In this class, we will investigate cultural ideas of nature in literary works of fiction and creative non-fiction. In the process, we will both try to deepen our understanding of how these texts work as literature, and to understand the cultural contingency of nature, the environment, and humanity's relationship to them.
We will read the three books listed below together, and students will give brief presentations on other texts relevant to the discussion.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Presentation, short written assignments, exam.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Regular attendance, active participation in class and on moodle, completion of assignments.

Prüfungsstoff

Texts and materials discussed in class.

Literatur

Short texts and excerpts from longer texts will be made available.

Please acquire or borrow:
Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild
Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood
Amitav Ghosh - The Hungry Tide

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344; MA 844; MA UF 046
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325; MA4, MA5, MA7; M04A
Lehrinhalt: 12-0497

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33